New Technologies
1.1 What were two unexpected uses of social-networking sites?
The popularity of blogs- many blogs have more views than a news article.
Blogs - They present a personal view which are often funny or creative. They present different perspectives on different events.
Video sharing

1.2 What are two ways of free services on the Web are paid for?
Advertisements
Individuals or organizations who like to provide an amount of free stuff simply because it pleases them to do so. - Donations
1.3 Describe two applications of speech recognitoin.
Learning a new language
Air traffic controllers

1.4 List two applications mentioned in this chapter that help ordinary people to do things for which we used to rely on experts.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), for medicine
Generating pictures of suspect in a crime scene
Health Care

1.5 List four kinds of software that helped expand use of the Web.
Social- Networking
Online Stores
Attachments